[Lonnie]

This is not God given. This is a US right. ‘A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse.’ — Thomas Jefferson December 20, 1787 I should not have to defend this second amendment…but I will…take note please in the following… ‘Violent crime rates are highest overall in states with laws severely limiting or prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms for self-defense’. (FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1992). The total Violent Crime Rate is 26% higher in the restrictive states (798.3 per 100,000 pop.) than in the less restrictive states (631.6 per 100,000) The Homicide Rate is 49% higher in the restrictive states 10.1 per 100,000) than in the states with less restrictive CCW laws (6.8 per 100,000). The Robbery Rate is 58% higher in the restrictive states (289.7 per 100,000) than in the less restrictive states (183.1 per 100,000). The Aggravated Assault Rate is 15% higher in the restrictive states (455.9 per 100,000) than in the less restrictive states (398.3 per 100,000). Using the most recent FBI data (1992), homicide trends in the 17 states with less restrictive CCW laws compare favorably against national trends, and almost all CCW permittees are law-abiding. Since adopting CCW (1987), Florida’s homicide rate has fallen 21% while the U.S. rate has risen 12%. From start-up 10/1/87 – 2/28/94 (over six years) Florida issued 204,108 permits: only 17 (0.008%) were revoked because permittees later committed crimes (not necessarily violent) in which guns were present (not necessarily used). …http://www.sacsconsulting.com/ccw_Statistics.htm

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Name : Lonnie, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Episcopalian, Age : 33, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Occupation : audio producer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,